William Henry Johnson is noted as potentially being the first African American to practice law in the United States. Johnson was born into slavery in Richmond, Virginia on July 16, 1811. He was the property of Andrew Johnson. Small in stature, William Henry Johnson became a jockey. Although it is clear that Macon Allen was […]
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